New contest, below is a list of every song that got to number one in the 1940s, either on the sales chart, jukebox chart, DJ chart, or in the case of the early part of 1940, the charts that Whitburn created based on info from other sources. There are 175 songs in all. Same rules as always.

Excellent idea for a contest, Bruce. I hope that some of the othersget off their lazy, pasty arses and participate, too. Anyways, myfirst deletion shall be....drums roll...Count Basie's "Open theDoor, Richard"...a song I dislike by ANYONE who did it.

EXCEPTION (set of postings) You got me to buy in (LOL): Out goes the worst song on the list: Chickery Chick - Sammy Kaye band

Glad to have you, my friend. I guess this Sammy Kaye number is not on the Swing Era List?

Friend/Schmriend...but that's another discussion for another day.

There will be no nasty shit like this on The Swing Era list, especially since it has no remote connection to jazz in any possible way, and no enduring legacy in popular music, either. The Swing Era list is put together to please jazz fans first, dancers who enjoy swing music second, and archivists of popular music statistics lastly. Give me the metal mother of this record, and I will personally arrange for its meltdown or destruction.

Unlike Over The Rainbow, which comes in at # 75 on jazzstandards.com list of 1000 songs over at www.jazzstandards.com, C.C. doesn't even make the list (OF COURSE NOT!)

EXCEPTION (set of postings) You got me to buy in (LOL): Out goes the worst song on the list: Chickery Chick - Sammy Kaye band

Glad to have you, my friend. I guess this Sammy Kaye number is not on the Swing Era List?

Friend/Schmriend...but that's another discussion for another day.There will be no nasty shit like this on The Swing Era list, especially since it has no remote connection to jazz in any possible way, and no enduring legacy in popular music, either. The Swing Era list is put together to please jazz fans first, dancers who enjoy swing music second, and archivists of popular music statistics lastly. Give me the metal mother of this record, and I will personally arrange for its meltdown or destruction.Unlike Over The Rainbow, which comes in at # 75 on jazzstandards.com list of 1000 songs over at www.jazzstandards.com, C.C. doesn't even make the list (OF COURSE NOT!)

Well, # 63 for OTR. I was in the neighborhood with my recall.

Here's a song with at least ** some ** jazz in some way in the arrangement, which might have a chance to make the Swing Era list if it ever went to 1000 songs (not outside range of possibility), and a lot more decent to listen to than Chickery Chick, possibly the worst # 1 song in human history.

You have that Pop Memories book by Whitburn, handy, Bruce? Why don't you tell us how many weeks it was on the chart?

But here again, HOW MANY TIMES do I have to say popularity has NOTHING to do with a record's quality?